robert galia is the skipper of the sports boat el dorado. >> years past we could go out on opening day of a sports fishing season and we can find our traps only holding six or eight crab on the weak indicato >> reporter: this week so far. >> every trip we make we're expecting full traps. >> reporter: it depends on if and how many big factory boats come down. >> a lot of bigger boats are kind of hesitant to come down this year. >> reporter: that's because they may be restrained this year by good crapping up there and high cost to truck crab pots down herement and it's not just the party boats. the fact is lots of folks go crabbing right from the pier where no license is required. >> i come here because it's closer, we usually go to tomales bay. >> i will stay here for five hours nothing, but came back monday and i got eight crabs for like, say four hours. >> reporter: the only sticking point could be if the fishermen and wholesalers can't agree on the price before the boats go out. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the window for holding the mavericks invitational